Saturday, December 7, 2013

sweet girl

so many years later
and I still want to be
your

sweet girl.

i watch their blonde heads
bent,
conspiring together.

i think about how you should be

here

in

this

moment.

i imagine you call her

sweet girl

and make myself jealous
of my very own
daughter.

i know how much
you would love them


i know how much you would
like them.

delighting in their stories.

i wish you could have met them.

i wish i could hear you call my Aoife sweet girl.

i wish you were still here.

i wish that i could see you smile at my babies.

i wish i were still my grandma's sweet girl.

heidi
written 12/5/13

inspired by Fathers and Sons and Men by Buddah Moskowitz at I Hate Poetry: The New Buddah Moskowitz Archive.

for my Grandma

14 comments:

  1. All the old-timers on my side are long gone. I miss them and their connection to my past, when I was a kid, too.

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    1. Sometimes it hits me all over again, usually after Thanksgiving.

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  2. really a moving piece...the desire for them to see how life turned out...its def real...a felt piece....

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    1. Thank you Brian. One of the last times I saw her before she became really sick I volunteered to wash her chubby little terrier in a wash basin outside. I was about to wash all the shampoo off of her when she decided to make her escape and run around in the red dirt. Trying to catch her confirmed that I was right to have never pursued a rodeo career. I can still see my Grandma standing on her porch with one of her friends, laughing. It was a good day.

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  3. Beautiful and touching.

    My last living grandparent died 21 years ago. I still remember her phone number.

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    1. Thank you Bone.

      It's amazing the things you remember.
      6616224

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  4. I never knew my grandparents Heidi yet can imagine your loss. It is sad when ones we love are gone,,,
    Anna

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  5. I didn't see this before, but first - glad my poetry helped create something this wonderful. Also, this is a brave piece - it's hard to write about being jealous about your own kids. I've felt that acutely - jealous of the love and total acceptance my wife gives to my (step)son. I applaud you for not shying away from this tough topic. Kudos!

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    1. Thank you Mosk! And thanks for the inspiration.

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  6. I often tell my kids about my grandmother as well and wish she could have met my kids!

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    1. We have started looking at pictures lately.

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